BSA Announcement Board
- Molecular
Mapping & Marker Assisted Selection in Plants -
February 3-6, 2009, Vienna - Austria
The Scientific Program offers a wide range of interesting
topics. Top quality presentations will cover the entire range
of disciplines, including basic and applied subject matters.
The program is designed to offer professional state-of-the-art
information for basic and applied scientists and plant breeders,
and intends to bring together young and more experienced specialists,
researchers and practitioners. The Scientific Program is organized
in Plenary Lectures, Five Sessions, and Poster Communications. For more information please go to: http://www.univie.ac.at/molmapping/
- International
Conference on Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- February
8-11, 2009, Vienna, Austria
The International Conference “Plant Abiotic Stress
Tolerance” will provide insights into Stress Tolerance
and cover the following areas:
Plant Response to Cold and Heat Stresses, Plant Response
to Drought, Salt, and Osmotic Stresses, Plant Response to Heavy
Metal and Oxidative Stresses, Plant Response to Nutrient Stresses,
Signal Transduction of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, Functional
Genomics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Breeding and Biotechnology
of Abiotic Stress Tolerance. The
Conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, one of the most
well-preserved traditional European capitals, always offering
new, undiscovered sights and features to be explored. Amongst
the invited speakers are internationally known names such as
K. Shinozaki, W.-R. Scheible, J. Sheen, R.A. Bressan, J. Kangasjärvi,
J.-K. Zhu, A.D. Amtmann, K.-J. Dietz, M.W. Humphreys, W. Weckwerth,
H. Hirt and others. The
program combines plenary lectures, poster sessions, and sightseeing
tours. Approximately
300 participants are expected including almost 40 speakers and
many presentations selected from abstracts, which can be submitted
to the organisers until November 10th, 2008. Contact:
Prof. Alisher Touraev
Email: stressplants.pflanzenmolbio@univie.ac.at
Webpage of the conference: http://www.univie.ac.at/stressplants/
- 9th
North American Paleontological Convention - June
21-26, 2009, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Proposals for Symposia are due 15 September 2008. The webpage can be found at http://www.uc.edu/geology/faculty/miller.html
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